About a month ago the annual marches to close all slaughterhouses were held around the world.In more than 25 cities people marched to protest against the horrible cruelty and injustice nonhuman animals are being exposed to in slaughterhouses.Here are a few photos from two of the marches, two from Toronto and two from Brussels.

Photo: Louise Jorgensen.

Photo: Louise Jorgensen.

The two photos above are from Toronto, Canada, shot by Louise Jorgensen. Find more of her photos here and here. The two below are taken shot by Nala Bournezeau, find more photos from Brussels here and here.

During these days the annual Animal Rights National Conference is being held in Los Angeles, California. It started on the 7th and will end on the 10th of July.

The conference is a great place for networking since more than 100 speakers will attend from 60 organizations. And more than 1.600 persons will attend. Find more information on its website.Here is a video about the conference:

onsdag 6 juli 2016

PlantPure Nation is a documentary from 2015.In
this calm movie we get to follow three persons that want to show
the health benefits of a plant-based diet. One could say that PlantPure Nation continues
where the hit film Forks Over Knives ended.

The people behind the Youtube channel Plant Based News have made a film about veganism in 2016. They have gathered many important events that has to do with veganism. You can watch it below, it's very interesting!

VEGAN 2016 - The Film [part 1]

My thoughts after watching Vegan 2016 - The Film

The film is called Vegan 2016 - The Film [part 1]. Vegan and veganism means to strive to not exploit nonhuman animals. In some ways this comes from the tradition of non-violence.I remember when I was rather new as a vegan and animal rights advocate and some of the people of the animal rights movement argued that we should call our self "animal rights activists" instead of "vegans". That is because we want to focus on the animals and not entirely on food, cosmetics, fur, skin and so on... even tough veganism is more of a lifestyle than just consumer choices. For the same reason one can call "meat""animal meat". Again, that is to put the focus on the animals. And don't forget that meat doesn't need to come from animals. It can come from fruit or nuts and so on.

In a society where animals are being exploited in so many ways it might be easier to say I'm vegan than I'm an animals rights activist, but then the focus will be more on yourself and not the animals. Many vegans care for animals but some go vegan because of the environment, health, justice reasons or another reason.I like Vegan 2016 - The Film [part 1], but I would like to request a film with more focus on victories for the animals, since not everybody goes vegan for the animals. I'm not requesting harsh scenes from slaughterhouses or other violent scenes as they can be counter productive as from my experience people don't want to watch scenes like that.

But my request might be for someone else - than Plant Based News - to fulfil.That is all for now!Peace/Pax/Salam/Fred

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In English: Rörelse för djurrätt is a blog supporting the idea of animal rights. It started out in Swedish but now I'm also blogging in English.Feel free to comment and drop by again. Find more information under Om/About in the menu./Christoffer Edström